NYC practices its response to Marburg virus following outbreak in Africa ...Middle East

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Clinicians roll a patient actor into an ambulance during a practice drill simulating what would happen if a patient showed up at an NYC health clinic with symptoms of Marburg virus. The illness, a severe hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, is rarely seen in the United States; but, after outbreaks in Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea earlier this year, city health officials decided it should be the subject of the annual simulation in which they practice the protocols for responding to a case of a rare or emerging disease. Dozens of New York City fire and health officials lined up behind Bellevue Hospital Wednesday for a lengthy practice drill simulating what would happen if a pati

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